Travel With Me // An Ireland Road Trip: Kilkenny, Kilkenny, Ireland
One of my favorites memories from our Europe backpacking trip is our Ireland Coast Road Trip. Our selected route started in Dublin (after spending聽three days聽there) and ended after dropping off our rental car back in Dublin.
I wrote about our first day on the road from Dublin to Kilkenny in聽this post. Today I鈥檓 sharing our second day of the road trip which included a full day in Kilkenny and a quick evening drive to Cork.
Kilkenny, Ireland is a really fun town. We didn鈥檛 run into many other tourists and enjoyed the slower pace from Dublin.
The castle was built in 1195 by the first Earl of Pembroke. In the 1300s, it was passed on to the powerful Butler family (from which one of the daughters married the grandfather of Anne Boleyn), and then the last member of the Butler family gave the castle聽to the town of Kilkenny in in 1965 for the huge sum of 拢50. Yes, you read that right 鈥� just聽拢50! The State then refurbished the castle and the grounds and opened it to the public. It is now open for visitors every聽day of the year except for Christmas Day and the day after Christmas. During the summer you may enter on a self-guided tour, but the rest of the year, entrance is by tour only. We got tickets to a morning tour. Unfortunately, I don鈥檛 have pictures of the beautiful rooms and paintings to share because photos were not allowed. ...... (follow the instructions below for accessing the rest of this article).
I wrote about our first day on the road from Dublin to Kilkenny in聽this post. Today I鈥檓 sharing our second day of the road trip which included a full day in Kilkenny and a quick evening drive to Cork.
Kilkenny, Ireland is a really fun town. We didn鈥檛 run into many other tourists and enjoyed the slower pace from Dublin.
The castle was built in 1195 by the first Earl of Pembroke. In the 1300s, it was passed on to the powerful Butler family (from which one of the daughters married the grandfather of Anne Boleyn), and then the last member of the Butler family gave the castle聽to the town of Kilkenny in in 1965 for the huge sum of 拢50. Yes, you read that right 鈥� just聽拢50! The State then refurbished the castle and the grounds and opened it to the public. It is now open for visitors every聽day of the year except for Christmas Day and the day after Christmas. During the summer you may enter on a self-guided tour, but the rest of the year, entrance is by tour only. We got tickets to a morning tour. Unfortunately, I don鈥檛 have pictures of the beautiful rooms and paintings to share because photos were not allowed. ...... (follow the instructions below for accessing the rest of this article).
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Guide Name: Travel With Me // An Ireland Road Trip: Kilkenny
Guide Location: Ireland » Kilkenny
Guide Type: Self-guided Walking Tour (Article (B))
Author: Emily Abernathy
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Guide Location: Ireland » Kilkenny
Guide Type: Self-guided Walking Tour (Article (B))
Author: Emily Abernathy
Read it on Author's Website:
Sight(s) Featured in This Guide:
- Kilkenny Castle
- Smithwick鈥檚 Brewery
- St. Canice鈥檚 Cathedral
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